2014

SJ8763 : Wallworths Bridge near Congleton in Cheshire

taken 10 years ago, near to Key Green, Cheshire East, England

Wallworths Bridge near Congleton in Cheshire
Wallworths Bridge near Congleton in Cheshire
Looking north-north-west, Wallworths Bridge is No 69 across the Macclesfield Canal near Buglawton, Congleton. It is a farmer's accommodation bridge with no public right of way across it or into adjacent fields. It is missing from the OS map showing on this web page.
As I write in 2021, aerial photography shows that the farmland off to the left (Hudson Meadows) is being developed with housing. LinkExternal link

The Macclesfield Canal

The Macclesfield Canal is just over 27 miles in length, and has thirteen locks, including the stop lock at Hall Green and the other twelve at Bosley. The canal was surveyed by Thomas Telford in 1825, then engineered by William Crosley, and opened on 9 November 1831 at a cost of £320,000. It joins the Trent and Mersey Canal at Hall Green to the Peak Forest Canal at Marple.

Accommodation Bridges

When the canals (or railways) were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, they were often routed in such a way that farmers and other landowners had their land bisected, so bridges had to be provided to allow access to fields on both sides of the canal. These bridges are frequently referred to as accommodation bridges, and however solid and well constructed, often don't lead anywhere except from one field to another.


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SJ8763, 39 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 9 September, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 2 August, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8780 6367 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:10.2001N 2:11.0375W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8781 6362
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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